The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 31, 1903, Page 1

if STAR WINS ITS FIGHT FOR COMPETITION If ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER BUSINESS---COUNCIL GRANTS THE SEA TTLE CATARACT COMPANY AN AMENDED FRANCHISE IE CENT FORECAST eceasional A EDITION Fair this afternoon and rain SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 3%, 1903. ETTLEMENT OF STRIKE TILL INTHE BALANCE Jion, and the matter of reinstatement men called out on strike, to an jarbitration tee selected an provided by the laws of the state of Washington ¢ representatives of the ratlway oiapany aked (1 ider, and jafter conferring among themavives Jannounced that they would give their answer this morning They « fered the counter proposition shalt be given and that he ts erating Car, except em. ployes temporarily absent on leave, }and men who are in Beattle in the nervice of Uh ny for the of cluding in, at k Dp. } thie date, March 99, 1908, Electric Comdany Offers to Submit Ques- of Seniority Among Old and New Em- yes to Arbitration--Union Is Now Consider-| r Acceptance, All Other Points Being Prac- JUNKETING PORTEMO: March % following rity | now en- the king walled for Lisbon this ing LIBRON, March #1.—Great care it being taken to protect King Edward ‘Dl while Un his vieit here, — In addi- 1 Or) Hom to the regular police, a large vided |BMIber Of detectives have beon & | this proposition tx Ly the | Played, ‘Ten are Hootiand Yard i lmen on strike and the men return | WRG @rri¥ed here this morning. & Work before noon of Tuesday, | COeh Aiarchist auspeots have March st. 1908." "| expalied from the country STAND BY THE APPEAL T0 that 2 See negutia lone ‘The proposition to arbitrate the seniority laeuc was the result of tre snendous pressure on the part of the business men, They argued to @he COMPANY representatives that nelih- er site could afford to take ® stub bars stand whieh might block a set Hement upon a single point, ‘The | Tabor representatives consented yield the point of arbitracion and the! Beattie Rlectric « Apany were prac Ueally compelied to secede or lone | whatever wppert they mm have bad from the business element For a time it seemed aa if the ef fort to obtain the concession from the company representatives would Prove futiie, but after more than wto hours of persistent hammering, | they geve wav A itttle while be- fore this two members of the com- mitte for a moment shook their beads dubiourly when asked con cerning the prospects of an adjust ment. One aber representative sald “It te all off, There will be moth ing done. The fight has got to go pa The business men would not stand for a fallure of the settiement on What seemed to them so paltry a Gifference. They said plainly that! in thetr Judgment either side could afford to watee the point, and that in Justice to the p sufferer of all. they should be wit! ing to let third parties pase upon the lesue, The corporation men were finally forced to yteld. The peace committee met prompt- ly at 10 o'clock in the rooms of the Chamber of Como ‘Tier to the meeting of the committee a number a leading business men et in the roo Of the main chamber davon the situation. They arrived at ne conclusion, but of their sum- ber, G. L. Holmes of the Holmes Furniture Company, W. D. MeCar thy of the McCarthy Dry Goods Company. and A.C. Buchanan and J.P. MeDermett af the Hon Marche, remained to watch developments Later these four went inte the com mittee meeting 4 participated in the detiberations, The conference this morning was seer @ taikfest. After a general cussion the railway representa- ling the settlement In mid-air. Just tives President Firth Manager! prior to djourmment FA. Ricet ef- Grant and Attorney © fered the ‘We hereby promise fore the Street Raliway refer the question of senierity to ar- | Union of the city of Seattle Ditration was evolved and submit-jour best endeavors in infty ted te a representatives at i) them & return to the service dock ‘rom time © time other company immediately. if the Seatt! members of the committee went in| Eectric Company will agree te and conmulted with them, but the) mit the differences beiwren it and Seattic electric en remained hidden |the said Street Rallway Employes’ | from view for more than twe hours. | Union, as contained in the demande war m.. ened pet the » meeenied. March th by anid un trying to formulate a ne tion, It evideutly cont effort. At lo wan ween by a Star rey Werrogated, He stated je elec Proposition te & few minutes hours later when he main room and den) overcoat, Mr. Donw js to the Which, when writter ebody the prope the burning issue o J.B. Metkie, J.B ro. hated sent . 8% o'clork ae ee. LEADERS. the Rail Bagtes’ hall sted with Nearly every mem? way Men's Union was in dusing the conference time communicated with presentalives on the commit. cerning the status of the pro- | pomed rettlement At & meeting | night tm |maiae pikce the 600 men present thustastioally ved te stand their representatives and fight the position the latter had tken All the members of the committee easvedingly anxious for a set nt yesterday. Throughout the ence the issues were discumned d temper, One after another upon the one imue that divid: parties, and proposition after tion was dictated the but none could be meet the cane. Humes finally suggested ne unsettied point be left stion along with others ady been relegated to disposition. — With f Secretary Runt’s | meeting finally ad- | h I.—Attorneys | ners this curcaco, M the election afternoon teleraphed to Beking that the protection the [meneral government be given thet © prevent Lorimer's forces from getting posscesion of the bal jote in the Lorimer-Durborow con captopril contort by f an * is ald to have | promiining to review thy the outlook is a peace commit. seasion all day, and tee of the iter en sirthe wet & proposition from company to nub- en the question of 5 | Old and new om of the Bireet in session in Ma were voumall and then desig ittee 0 wition te the t the ms by the for who in Ragles’ hati Accompanied sentatives on proceeded nt meeting at the were em bled by th labor pe tend the committee e to the pl G rher of Heeond ave hue and Pike eet. ‘They walked Ithough two three street care @vertook and passed them on thetr Way p Meanwhile the railway rep resentatives went out to lunch white awaiting & report from the business men who had gone to the strike headquarters. THOUGHT IT ALL When the conferees met yester @ay afternoon at clock all were imbued with the confident belief that A settioment wae pear at hand Every possible issue, it wae thought been raised in y's meet ‘or bride re | em fhe» | conte in ae spoke od the l be sent to give both sides an impar tial hearing. SUES FOR DA MAGES Wather Cooper today filed suit in the fegteral court agninst the North ern Pacific Railway © ny for $25,009 damages on account of per senel injuries. Cooper was the | etne@e On an engine that went | the @iteh, just th of Rav pert, last July eiment to death. FLOOD THREATENS LELAND, Ark, March city iw threatened by the food. Noth- ing but & rapid fall of the water will the members were Propesition. There to lus acceptance, think they ese than com- @ the union jon Was the result of on among the J comenittee It @ commerce rooms, the representatives trie company, * propesition in they offer to ar- . Which caused on yesterday. fotiow: now on strike Mm to the service of Seompany will also before a board Beattlc business Ap soon AB poms ww to be chosen by me by the men on 7 by these two) ty between from the strike employes of the dectaton of such majority of them mae made, be binding im ltea of the pro- of seniority wh six (@) of praposi- and bust. the up in opened the = Ean framed Mayor that the }to arbity jthat had OVER that he au eoane Journ | ‘The question of seniority does not Jaffect wages which are fixed od Jing to length of service. Seniority [means briefly, preference in desir ability of work. The oldest men are given the best “rans,” and the plac € of the new men first In take away from some of th mployes desirable “day runs they bave held fe met BORROW $ 750, 000 ‘The receivers of the P | tcan Fisheries Company were grant ed permiasion to borrow $756,000 for] gage) pRANCIA gg gual smd seducting eannerie® | packers of Young Corbett have been }in San Juan and Whateom counties, | poaging the pool Toome with Mm | by Judge Hanford yesterday after~|toaay * This has driven the odds noon in the federal court, TRO) lvce nnd it looks as though ey Will be obtained through the | tlic eiil enter the ring # favorite tsevance of receivers certificates of Indebtedness TO LAY CONDUITS | A bit was introduced at the meet | MARRIAGE LICENSES ine the city counell last | The fo Hoenmes | fo awl prize the expenditure of #17 have be ‘ne, | 000 by the city In laying electrical -| and Augusta ™ beth of Be. | condaite Piret atte; George Randolph Raymond, | streeg worth it and Jessie Singleton, 1% beth of te Rugere Butier. . and 1S, both of Honitie ” the In the meeting yesterday after the Proposition of the company had been read and a number of minor an * made to natisty the lab Teseniatives the agreement about to be signed, when J. W. Web- er, the representative of the street raitwey men’s union, rained the ob fection that fm the matter of sen lority the agreement gave prece dence to the men working now over the ntriking employes ‘This started the discussion afresh, and a streouous debate over that} one point continued for two how until the conference adjourned, inav which bun and here weich would dred of miles of 1th Leouistana | inundate Arkansas cific Amer t ' the offer embers of and the Hea before the ne halt pavement LONG DELAYED INDICTMENTS id any’ Ocher Public Ofrtats and come) ADMIRAL SCHLEY 1S IN SEATTLE TODAY . Are Charged With Lawbreaking- “True! ls Brought in Against Jacob Furth and S.. " Shuffleton, Whose Inbictment the Star Snoqualmie Falls--Averse to a Public Reception we advantage of every word that | ht be spoken. } hen the court and the jury were} alone Juror A. 1. Adame was the | firet to arive snd speak, He was! followed by Foreman O'Brien, ©. HM, | Pelle, H. O. Hiliton and other CO. A. K. MeClure and wife, Mise juryman. In ail, five juryinen arose, | Curtain and Miss Walsh. arrived in It appeared an if a vote were being |Senttie from Portiand at 7:16 this taken on some question morning. A large crowd gathered After a short conference with the lat the depot & eet him, At & court the Jury returned to the grand | o'clock a special train conveyed the jury room, in the basement of the 1 by Samuel Hil, court house. and Blectric Com- A short time later the jury again * H. Faker, of the apreared in the rt room and re- | Bnoqualmie ower Company, to turned the 1% indictments. After) Mnoquaimie Falla. The vistors re they had been « y | turned to thie elty at 2 o'clock this Bel! and passed clerk of the | afternoon court, Attorney Hart asked that the | When it was first announced that jury be polled. Judge Hell anked Admivai fch'ey would visit Beat Foreman O'Hirten if 12 of the grand! a public rece which would @iv jure had coneurred in the return of | nin many ere AA ODpsiee ©2e=2 "25 RETURNING TO WORK Mr. Hart's client, ‘The answer was in the affirma- |Some of the Tacoma Strikers Are Applying for Re- The indictment’ arsine Charles ¥. | 5 Instatement With the Company E- mayor of Seattie—Failure to do sworn duty thief of police—-Puiture to do sworn duty us €&- prosecuting attorney—Fallure to do sworn President of Seattle Evectric company fraud judge—Pailure to do sworn duty an pub- Piper, poiitician— Perjury secs of the peace—-Katortion and perjury. ¥, ex-county treasurer—Larceny by em- tn offices. ané W. H. Whittlesey, ex-deputy county treas- embeazi¢ment while lo off ea-deputy county treasurer—F . dentist—Obtaining money mining stock. Ferguson, new tenderloin gambler—Running a , @ felory under the old state law. rambler—Perjary, ine museum operator -Dieplay- Rear Admiral and party, consistin, Winfeld 8. Sehiey {Mra Schley tunity to meet him personali plaabed. Hiul yeeterday Mr. celved 4 telegram Sehiey requesting that thie part of the entertainment omitted and stating that quiet and rest would be More appreciated Thie required an entire remedelir of the program for the adminal's en. tertadtiment. It is expected, how- ever, that at 4 o'elock he will take lungheen with a few personal frie wt the Knicks her, and later wil ding Bt the University Club an the ent ot Admiral Btirling, Capt. Se ary Cart. Myers of the Puget! havy yard. Admiral Behicy and party wilt tomorrow morning at 9:30 LS aa i Ht re Obtaining pany. and Char nbegzlement under taixe Whittlesey was also made public and an effort wax made by Judge G. M. Emory, hie attorney. top the jury. Ali motions to rand jury individually w ruled by the court. Bitter statements were made by some of the attorneys, and Mr. Hart went a0 fur as to state that he be Heved the indictments had been “played off” one against the other and that there were not 12 men in the jury who really wanted the in dictment returned against Mr. Ful ton Attorney # court if there ment retur J. Humes waked the clients lene th ourt F i ty indictments were returned|entiy well the story of how every accom: (Special to The Star.) TACOMA, March 31—All to effect a settioment of the ear strike again failed What ts hoped will be the ference betv the the corny Labor Commisstor Blacker waid to have ined the striker use their own Judament and se union en have tak thin PLAN TO RAISE THE ISLANDER enwage company to the wreck of vigation grounds for returning to work. public officials, efforts atreet | work today and we | the fot of the list | drawing 82 cents strike was baek at 1h cents Presider! Boyle inion mmmiitatns th just begog and that it may be + ary HLCAll in the agwivtance of all ised Inbor in Tacoma. reinstated at There men were n hour when the 1 and are taken » hour of the atreet t the strike and private etti- Indiete Gre Jacob Furth and 8 i. Piles had been any 1 againet anked the indlet his olfent, T Heveral other attorneys kame question about thelr The court stated that un men were actually the m 4 would surrender themselves he would not make any statement regarding indictments against them Telephones wer eration at on Police Judxe and George U fin the epurt © believed | ments against ther to} and the usual thie | Jeotions w mate n the grand jury | neys All were allowed thetr thetr own recognizance Hart made an effort te Judge Bell the nubject jury's secret conference court, but failed. have In the tant} lant con strikers and held tonight RIOR, Whose indictrnent was ' } excluatvely mays ago. Miiletments were returned @ Bitter legal battle over of the men known to have Wilietes to port the jury in SW, Judge Bell retured to ! the POH ana the jury was not M reveal how it nad voted Protested in vain 4 reat ft the thorough and Port of the grand jury's Piven by the Star each Mietments in the torego by the Star| | NEW YORK SOCIETY At & mecting of the New | Society, held late yesterday oon im the Collina build | porary organiaation, with Cole as president and H necretary, was effected. Was given to the president to ap- point we ittee to arrange for th entertainment of President Roose volt FEDERAL BUILDING br a ught into op Mayor Humes, urge, Chief Sullivan Piper soon appeared Then the indtot were made pub motions ob by their attor- | af L. Bizer Dick Moyer Authority the inauran: fall if Pacifi steamer Islan Islander 1 about earn miles from Jur a large amount lost in the wre It is claimed n located in ee niles fi in an| ‘ or city, has by tain next | oe snadian Company's er can be raised, The 1 with loebera ago and wank three au. Fifty lives and Alaska gold were Mberty on} Attorney secure from | of the grand | with th the ¢ The city the goyerament rt of Third avenue and et for the new federal bu architects planning the t building proposed to } ps extend three feet into the Ruesian, whol sidewalk on Third avenue and twe orge Wash t on Union street The atre ond King mittee called attention to t mitted to the faet th Third ave e will pro’ rday after-|ably be widened soc For this Tallamn, | reason It will be neve y for the wy nent architects to LITTLE GIRL MISSING their plank, Alice Brown, a 12-y waa reported minting yesterday by her parenta who live at Green a. The little girl wan jaat " Woodlawn Park Sun day. BALLARD WOMAN INSANE Mra, Catherine Parde of Mallard was examined as to her sanity in the superior court yesterduy af and ittted to the aay night denied « right to use that iba the feet Juneau, wreck has of wat iding govern the t IN A DUAL ROLE Apolinary Glink! believes that he in ington In the daytime ward at night insane asylum late noon by Superior tumsy today serving the warra = ln ‘The mayor, chief of po- defendants indicted have not yet! time been released on their personal and surrend themaelves They ball, $2000 on the extortion ec ac unt for the small that Justice Cann had refused Dr. Bragdon was arrested thin af- berg, the slot machine m was are grand jury came Into Jv d hie bellif clear th " « tw Plan to bring about the smothering court grand jury late} of the indictments came to naught ae Sheriff Cudthee’s men have been a ort. | 80ed this morning on the true bills Mews the more import-| Mayor Humes, Chief Sullivan, Mr Fulton and « large number of the been arrested, having been present | before Judge Bell whn the bills were returned and having at that | recognizances | Mr, Furth and Mr. Shuffieton came | to the sheriff's office thie morning | were at once released on $1000 bail | each. A little Inter Juetice Cann came up and was released on $2500 | and $600 on the perjury indict The charge againat Justice that he has failed to paid him by A BK. Gardner. inwyer, In connection with « orimin- a! care, The jury further teatity to’ the truth regarding transaction while room ternoon and doposited $500 for his} appearance when wanted Vergus- On waa Feleaged on like bond. Gold- rented late thin af m and gave $1000 ball for hie ap arance It was past ¢° o'clock when, ‘he |DISTURBERS OF THE eourt ‘eman © Brien notified the he had a private com PEACE ARE FINED we nication to make. dge Kell or- Loe BOWE to readers of this n Attorney Gl pollee con James Hargie, RA, Lambdon, ‘The Indictment of Justice | ing for Walter #. Fulton, a Willian HW. R. MeCreary objected to the return of Morton and perjury had| dictment againat his client unless in| John Martin were tried in the B meds bi open court, 4 further objected to| court yesterday for disorderly ~ ‘4 Fe ae =e being excluded from the court reom. | ayct in creating trouble at fecond news o n- 10 indict: | ~ De ae and Geot aoe eure Be en Pi an and Yesier way, Sunday af- ome the property all the ¢ Milis hed ment would be returped except in| #venw wd open court and that the grand jury| ternoon. A large crowd had ¢o| men were by the publication the jury had voted simply wanted to fer with him| es and the man wae on @ legal proposition. Attorney | impede the progress « Mart agen objented to the court| The fines that were taxed by Judge ying any conversation with the | George ranged from simple costs up Treat of newspaper OM the efforts made Men indicted t from being return to 110. The court fined W. H fonfMioting reports FY room from duy and EB. O. Freeman ings in Judge ya ening tei suMci | ". | oo wan cor t ye WILL SELL WATER The elty council last night passed the ordinanre authorising the rd Of public works to contract with the Great Northern Railway Company to furnish water for use In the ex eavat of the railroad tunnel un der the ci. T ntract te te drafted it may be tern with by the city. railway company will poy rate of $16 per million « ar-old girl, the pollee Townnend oh for cre at the and Pike rrested tee of then cleared Among thoee ordered out cf the! court room were at least a dozen of the forermost lawyers of the inty | by Bergen who were in the room watehing to) appeal was given In each cane. avenue y we The the noon, lum, THE KING GOES of | | federal courte by a judge who will | Cooper was roalded ‘This prevent & Break in the levee below | Al night nue from Pike faeturere the purpose of the conc! to get the conduits laid | amendments, are jubliaut ever Re Arrives in Early Morning and Leaves at Once fcr was) from Admiral | Mix more union strikers applied for | Union | change | THE SEATTLE STA naiderably abated when ‘The strike tn wettied. At 8:00 thin afternoon the Street Rallway Men's ition, nearly ali the members being | present in Bagies” hall, voted prac Beattle Electric »powition of the con pany to submit the question plority among its old and new ployes, to arbitration. This was the) | sticking-polnt witich was responatble for the failure settle ‘The city council last night by # unanimous vote the or granting an amended electric light and power franchise to (he Beattle Cataract Company. The bill will be signed by the mayor and effect todas Under ite new franchine the eat @ract company wil! be able to com te On equal terme with the Beatth ctrie Company for the light and power business of the entire city and the electric monopoly bas been broken. Manufacturers, business men and householders are rt sured of actual competition in the sale of electric light and power The Store fight for cheap slec- trietiy, Hke its fight for ch has been won, The fight fe gan reduced the ity more thaw electric light and power ra ise under the hammer of tion to reach a reasonable figure tn the very near future The members of the Seattle Manu Amociation, whiet fougbt ly for the cataract company's the gallar success of the contest Under the new franchine the max ius rate that may be charged by the cataract company even in the most remote suburbs of the olty t 12 cents per kilowatt hour for tight and 6 cents for power jer these Maximum prices the rate may be raised and lowered so that the cat ar company y meet al) compe- | tithes at every tu The amendments are so drafted that the whole city secures the ben ef! of competition. The company must now furnish light or power to ONy persen within « distance of 2,000 | feet from any existing line of trane- mingion, and after July 1, 1904 furnish light and power any p | within the city limits, providing « | reasonable number of householders | or business men agree to purchase it. Must Bury Wires The amended franchise also pro- Vides that the cataract company hall put ite wires underground whenever the city council may di- | reet. ‘Thes the two companies com- | peting for electric power and light | busines® may be on an equal footing | the clause in the old cataract com- pany franchise, providing for the payment of an Annual percentage of the gras® earnings to the elty, hae been eliminated from the amended grant. The cataract company may | also secure conatruction permits di rect from the board of public works When the ordinance gracting the |amended franchise came up last Right not a protest wan raised and ordinance Was passed forthwith 7 nt which the Star has made to open the way for compet! in the field of electrical eupply iwate consumers has been sup ported by the general public upon he general principle that competi t Always entails @ reduction in charges. A striking object lemon | was recently given to Beattie by the advent of the new gas company upon the preserves of the old gar | fhroughout the ne the courts for cheaper gn this city the public wan assured ny reduction in gas rates 14 bring the monopolistic cor- poration to poverty The new company re cut in balf by the old com- pany im the competitive distric’ i yet the old company in still do- ing business at the old stand with an air of continued pr rity. No exact figures be given to show the reduction of rates which the entran of the Beattie ‘ataract nrany into the city for the sale of electric Heht and power to f vidu | { | | came, rates yenterday’ eo inte! Bank Clearings Today, $565 631 | even The men agreed to go to | work at once, and many of them | will be running cars this evening The board of arbitration ts to be WASHINGTON | ally unanimously to accept the | eppointed within five days Btreet car service will be resumed agree to work pending the ar- bitration | To ORGANIZE HIBERNIANS Another division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in to be estab- single statement te suffict show that it wil! be considera The Maximum Rate The maximum rate which can be harged for. light by the cataract company in the city under the pro- posed franchise ix 12 cents per kil ewatt hour, The present rate of the Beaitie Electric Co for the firet kilo hour, cents for each adi hour ealoulated by electricn! experts that the average rate to the ordinary consumer under that schedule is about 18 centa per kilowatt hous, Here mn of B18 per cent., that the new company would charge @ fal rate of 12 cents. That would be contrary to ali business rules governing the rup- ply of public utilities, It le fair to assume that th aract company will make uated rate similar to that pow given by the Beats Electric Company, which will reduce the average cost of electric light to @ figure conniderably below 12 cents per kilowatt hour. ‘These figures will be attacked by the Seattle Electric Company, ilar computations by the Star were aneaiied by that monopoly a year ego, in the nN controversy preceding the city elec- tion, The representatives of the oc- always seek to throw dust tn yes of the public by a confurto of terms. The average citizen know little of nothing of electrical mens. urement. He does not know what # kilowatt hour ts except that it is the unit of electrical light measurement Hence it ts easy for the monopoly's agent to argue this way The Ciret hour costs 30 cents, but the second costs only 6 cents, hence two hours are taxed up at an aver: age of 12% cents, Three hours cost OF an average of 10 centa, until the layman le hope leasly confused. The citizen ix thinking of a chrono- meter and the ex is talking of an electric meter. The citizen knows that his lamps burn several hours, to te except in the short days of summer. But the expert knows that each jamp has to burn several hours to consume & kilowatt hour. The Explanation A kilowatt is 1,000 watts, The con- of light im said by elec- ineers to be about 3.5 watts die power in each hour of Sometimes it rune as low as 31. A 16 candle power incandescent lare- at the former rate would con- sume 6 watts per hour, and a kilo- watt hour would supply it fo hours If a consumer hae six lights burn- ing at once, and not many private houses have so hour hours time. is many, a kilowatt would supply them for three The deception in the plaust, Avery dark background, with avery slight line effect over all, Cut as a regu- lar sack coat. W. B. Hutchinson Co Cor, 2d Ae. and Union St. i A RANGE Ago, $560,001 el $3,630 lished fn this city. Edward 1. Shee han of San Francisco, national gunizer for the society, ix in the city for that purpose. T waninat will perfected Friday evening } the Church of Our Lady of Good Help. Santa Ana has been libeled by the Standard Theater Company for $12,907, which sum ts claimed for damages done to freight belonging to the pany by fire at nem three years ax: ‘The suit is an echo of the second boom. ‘The th backed by pro Beattie gamblers who lost ily by the ventur The steamer year of the No ater Company w inent hea CITY COUNCIL BREAKS ELECTRIC MONOPOLY | | | | ble argument that the 20-cent rate for the first hour ts only a small factor i easily apparent. The statement that the present , cont to the small consumer of light supply by the Seattle Electric Com- is about 18 cents an hour, te by competent electrical asserted that it can examination of the pany, which, how- are not easily available, Each consumer can take his own receipts and find what it has cost him. Charies H. Baker, president of the Beattie Cutaract | Company, has wtated that soon as the proposed franchise t* granted the company will at once begin the work of stringing poles and wires for the Gistribution of power and light. He believes that if there i no unneces- sary delay the company wil! be able to supply ® portion of the city before fall The corporation will soon begin the work of developing additional water power at Snoqualmie Pails for the generation of electrical en- ergy snd proposes further to an immense steam plant, which i a necermary adjunct of every electria company to ment extra requirements In case of a brenkage tn Nines of transmission from the falls. ritied by a IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO WALK CORNER LOT ON TWELFTH AND COLUMBIA STREET, BOTH STREPTS GRADED, SEWER, SIDEWALKS, ETC. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN; EASY TERMA, IF DESIRED. Herbert S. 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